Read my lips. No increase in tuition fees.. it is a promise!

By election Rushall Shelfield

1st November
There will be a by election on November 11th with Richard Worrall our Labour Party candidate. Help will be gratefully received with espcially help on wednesday 10th November to deliver the last leaflet.
Please contact 641084 and leave message for Richard
thanks
regards
Ian Robertson

Eileen Russell chosen to stand again in May 2011 local elections

I want to thank you for your support in this year’s local elections. Unfortunately I narrowly failed to be elected but will continue to raise your concerns and am proud to have been selected as the Labour Party candidate again in the May 2011 local elections.


The recent Tory budget is a dreadful thing for families across St Matthew’s and Walsall. At the end of May, the Tory PM and his Lib Dem Deputy PM announced that the Government Coalition would be making 25% cuts to public services, including front line services which could certainly mean less police dealing with crime.

The harsh reality is that the cuts proposed by the Tory-Lib Dem Coalition are going to hurt families and the vulnerable the most. Yes Britain is in debt, but the Tory plans to cut spending will simply risk the recovery and deeply affect peoples’ lives. This Tory Council will be making 28% cuts over the next four years and it makes me especially very angry when for example we have wasted now over £3 Million preparing to improve Walsall schools , money now completely wasted with the cancellation of the programs and we have also lost over £1 Million in poor record keeping on reclaiming grant money from Europe. I want to know what you think.

Please take two minutes to fill out my survey, fold the lines on the back and return to me FREEPOST.
The Labour Party


FREEPOST

NAT 13297

WALSALL

WS1 1HR

I look forward to hearing from you

Regards


Eileen

FRED WINS IN BLOXWICH WEST

Congratulations to Fred for winning Bloxwich West. . The tories ( and the liberals) have been soundly beaten.

Fred 1142 votes. Tory 800. UKIP 91 Lib Dem 71 Green 28.

Fred will make an excellent Councillor as he proved when he did hold that place some time ago.

well done Fred!

leisure centres another fine mess we are in!!! etc

28th June
This evening we had a meeting of the community services scrutiny to look at the decision of the Tory cabinet to close Willenhall Leasure centre and Bryntisilo campy site in Wales.
After some agrument the meeting was adjourned as many of those who are directly affected by this had not been invited to have their say...
I often !! despair of Walsall Council... this is yet another example of issues that should have been foreseen years and years ago but the relevant senior officer has not taken ownership of that issue and in conjunction with the relevant politician from cabint has not had the foresight to deal with and plan of action way long ago rather than leave until the clock is nearly at midnight and actions are just panic reactions... a story of a culture in walsall that has been disgraceful over the years and I think is the cause of many of the disasters that have happened in Walsall Council to the detriment of the council tax payers in thsi Borough and has wasted so much both in effort and money.....!!
regards
Ian
Cllr Ian Robertson
Blakenall Ward

questions questions!!!

    When will the disgraceful state of Butlers passage be corrected? and what has been the cost  so far in the previous attempts to restore and clean up?

-         What is the current estimated cost and time scale of correcting the pothole damage caused by the frost during last winter?

     Notice of motion

This Council welcomes both the   efforts of individuals and those running a business,  to increase recycling.  .

Council notes the Notice of Motion passed on 2^nd July 2007… where

This Council resolves to make every effort via a full strength enforcement team to stop this activity and to urge and give every assistance to our partners such as the environmental agency and the police . Further this   Council will also share such  information with Walsall Housing Group to encourage them to enforce their tenancy agreements which are clearly being broken in these cases and where appropriate information will be shared with our statutory partners.

This Council notes with concern that since that Notice, the problem appears to have become considerably worse and is affecting an even wider area of streets in this Borough.

Council resolves to have urgent discussions with local Councillors, the Police, the environmental agencies, Walsall Housing group, and other appropriate agencies on how this serious anti social behaviour can be permanently stopped, while still encouraging the efforts of the more responsible people in recycling various forms of scrap or ‘tat’.

Question…  …

What is the detailed breakdown in reasons for sickness absence by employees of this Council over the last year along with a length of time absence expressed if possible please in numbers of weeks absent for individual employees and cost of providing cover either by agency staff or by seconding other employees to cover these absences ? 

  News that over 90000 days were lost at Walsall Council last year due to sickness absence, equivalent to 391 years in work days,

Disgraceful....

regards

Ian Robertson

resident St Matthews 

News from tory run Walsall Council

We learn that the latest news to tory run Walsall from this Tory Government is that funding for the Borough has been cut by a further £6 million pounds, including over £2Million on education alone. The details are being worked out by the tory cabinet at the moment , but we await the details and will be probing especially the effects on the most vulnerable and already disadvantaged in the Borough and even more so in wards we represent.




The news that we shall not be sending any more children to Bryntysillio and that Willenhall Leisure centre will close is bad news for those from more disadvantaged backgrounds who value such opportunities. This Borough faces a serious problem of overweight children which will result in many such now children being outlived by their parents.



The committee looking at the loss by this Council of £ 3 million pounds due to poor record keeping and poor officer management met last Monday and it was admitted that the records are there but not in the right files and so claims back cannot be made. Next Monday the audit committee looks at the draft accounts for the Council and seeing that we have 91officers ( excluding education where we have 215 more) earning over £50000 a year and a chief executive earning over £190,000 a year .. that is £40000 more than the prime minister… are we getting value for money as council tax payers

We also read that the tory cabinet in July is proposing to charge everyone for a replacement wheelie bin including those where the gree bin has worn out after 10 years service... and so the other bins brown and grey will also all be charged £18.50 but probalby going up to £25! The benefits of paying council tax are gradually diminishing!
what do you think?
The news that 1 in 5 cancer patients are having to wait over 2 months to get treatment was revealed by the Primary care trust in their annual meeting… can they imagine what it is like to have to wait that long to find out if you have a possibly fatal illness and have some treatment?


We shall as labour councillors be pursuing these issues with vigour and welcome your comments.

Regards


Cllr Ian Robertson Cllr Bob Thomas
 ( Labour)

Eileen Russell

"As a Chuckery resident of many years' standing, I am delighted to have been selected as Labour candidate for St. Matthew's Ward in the 6th May Council election. I would be privileged to become a ward councillor as I believe that the sole purpose of winning elected office should be to make a positive difference by helping all people, communities and the whole Borough to a better and fairer future.
I'm friendly, easily approachable, respect differences and treat people as I would like to be treated myself. I am committed to the traditional Labour values of caring, co-operation and decency. Unlike Mrs. Thatcher, I do believe in society and that we must all help each other. I'm honest and will work hard to get results”. Eileen Russell"
Local Issues: "I think that, apart from the Borough-wide question of how well we are served by this Conservative Council (see elsewhere in this leaflet), there are key local issues to tackle right across our diverse and spread-out ward, for example:
the rubbish-strewn appearance of Caldmore;
the many run-down buildings and binge-drinking "culture" of our town centre;
reining in the University's expansive ambitions in Gorway;
the failure to provide youth facilities in The Chuckery;
the disgraceful lack of effective Council action against the owners of the derelict Mellish Road Church;
across the ward generally, the need for effective action on road repairs, parking problems, waste, conservation and the patchy quality of GP surgeries.
I cannot promise to resolve all these issues, but you can have confidence that I am committed to doing whatever I can to improve these and whichever other matters need attention on our St. Matthew's 'patch.' "

pubished by electronic communication by Ian Robertson 128 Broadway North WS1 2QE on behalf of Eileen Russell

Eileen Russell your Labour candidate

Eileen Russell who lives in the ward is standing as the Labour candidate in the 2010 local elections for the Labour Party

published by Ian Robertson 128 Broadway Walsall on behalf of candidates 2010 in the local elections